Tag: Random

Generally when you plan an Epic Journey you can structure it one of two ways.  You can start off in an alien land and gradually come home (think Peking Paris), or you can start off in an easy place and gradually get harder.

So we have disembarked from the ferry, done a bit of cycling and found a coffee shop. And in the coffee shop, to Sid’s delight, is a Dutch car magazine and in the car magazine is a report about the Lane Motor Museum.

Today’s route was more or less a straight dash to the coast.  For the first section we cut out all the small roads round Essex villages that we’ve been using for the practice rides, and went straight through Takeley and Dunmow.

As I cycled back from my bike fitting today, the bike actually felt ok under my hands for the first time and I started to relax.

We’ve loaded up the various gadgets with apps to give us an alternative to conversation.  After nearly 30 years of marriage there is no need to talk every single evening…

It goes without saying (so I am going to say it) that Sid and Doris have done Epic Journeys before.  But maybe a few years of sitting with our office-dwelling colleagues could possibly have just nibbled away at a bit of our supreme cycle fitness. Or maybe we never were cycling superheros anyway…